Oh no @joanstewart I am sorry to hear that your postal service is almost extinct. We still have quaint old wooden country post offices.
Our Post Offices are all privately owned so it makes sense that the owners promote their business with a variety of items and I am thinking that they must do well. I recall a few years ago that I bought a unicorn beanie hat set up.in a Melbourne PO. I must post your a photo. It is funny and a classic. I couldn't resist it.
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Being privately run is where business thrives in fresh ideas, ours is government run, some private services have sprung up which I have not visited, sound similar to what we had, you drop of parcels to be delivered no additional goodies in store.
We have an older lady postie at the moment who always brings little parcels to the front door. She is very gracious, friendly and kind.
We kept the street address, never opted for a box to hopefully keep someone employed.
Over the years we first had a middle aged man deliver via a bicycle, he got knocked off and injured, placed into office duties after cycling thousands of kilometers during a year, he did it for about six years. Yes I miss the friendly chat over the gate offering him a sandwich and cold drink on a short stop.
Now system has so deteriorated a younger chap delivers by foot, who know what distance he walks daily to earn sadly a pittance, times have changed from being proud to completely disgruntled and I cannot blame the employers.
Here we have the posties on little motorbikes, they are covered in bright yellow, shirt, hat, helmet and a flag. The flag is to deter the magpies from swooping at them. A couple of our resident ones were very diligent protecting our little place.
Your postie situation is very glum, I feel for sorry for the workers getting so little for their efforts. It is a glum situation in every way.
Balance in life over here has been out of sync for too long, when change happened we rejoiced hoping for a better future for all, alas they never learned "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater"!